Student Attendance Accounting Handbook

State law requires every Texas school district to adopt an attendance accounting system that includes procedures to ensure the accurate recording and reporting of student attendance data. The Student Attendance Accounting Handbook (SAAH) contains the official attendance accounting requirements that all public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in Texas must meet. The agency collects student attendance data primarily to ensure that Foundation School Program (FSP) funds can be correctly allocated to Texas’s public schools.

The SAAH:

describes the FSP eligibility requirements for all students,

prescribes the minimum standards for all attendance accounting systems,

lists the documentation requirements for attendance audit purposes, and

details the responsibilities of all district personnel involved in student attendance accounting.

The proposed versions of the 2019-2020 SAAH and change document have been added to the table below. The comment period for the proposed SAAH is from July 5, 2019, to August 5, 2019. The webpage will be updated with the final adopted versions of the documents after the completion of the comment period.

SAAH Presentations, Trainings, and Webinars

The Financial Accountability Section hosted two webinars to review the 2016-2017 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook (SAAH). Both webinars used the same presentation and covered the same material. Please find a copy of the webinar presentation slides and a replay of the January 18, 2017, webinar below: